Dial-repairing tool



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DIAL REPAIRING TOOL.

No. 360,253. Patented Mala-29, 1887.

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DIAL REPAIRING TOOL. No. 360,258. Patented Mar. 29, 1887.

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CHARLES TESKE, OF \V PATENT FFICEQ 1N DSOR, CONNECTICUT.

DIAL-REPAIRING TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed May 1,1880.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES TESKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at \Vindsor, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dial-Repairing Tools, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in dial-repairing tools for setting the center and second bits to watchdials and for resetting dial-feet; and the object of my invention is to provide simple and accurate means for cementing the center and second bits and resetting dial-feet in their proper position on new or old watches, more especially in the case of foreign watches. When a new dial is required the position of the dial-feet need to be changed; otherwise new holes must be drilled into the movement-plates, in which case the watch-movement is liable to be greatly injured in appearance. Moreover, the setting of center and second bits and resetting of dial-feet is attended with great difficulty and annoyance, which with my improvement is largely overcome or obviated.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my dial-repairing tool. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a like view with a watch-dial placed in position for repairing. Fig. 4 is a vertical section of the same on line a: m of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the frame of my dial-repairing tool slightly modified. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 7 is a plan View or" still another modified construction. Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the same; and Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12 are further modifications of my in- Vention.

I form a spring clamping device of wire or other material having two arms, N and O, the lower arm, N, bent in circular form to bear against the watchdial. The upper arm, 0, is flattened at the point D and a hole drilled and tapped at e to admit the screw-stud F, the lower end of which stud is directly over the central hole in the dial A. The end of the arm 0 is bent downward at right angles to its plane and made of suificient length to come within the circular part of the lower arm, N. The end of arm 0 is pointed, so as to fit into the hole at the center of the second bit, 13.

For convenience of holding over an alcohol- Patent No. 360,253, dated March 29, 1887.

Serial No. 200,810. (No model.)

lamp I attach a handle, C, at the point d,- but this is not essential, as in Figs. 9 and 10 I have shown the wire part extended out in another form for aholding device, and in Figs. 11 and 12 still another modification.

Across the flattened surface D, I have placed a slide, G, whichslide is provided with bosses 7c 7; at each end, the same being drilled and tapped for the bearing-screws H H. The slide G is held at any given point by the screw-stud F. The lower ends of the bearing-screws H H are made cylindrical, as at 'i z, and adapted to receive the upper ends of the dial-feet, so that by means of these screws the dial-feet may be held firmly in the desired position for soldering. In Figs. 7 and 8 I dispense with the slide G and substitute in place thereof another slide, G, with bosses L k at each end, and the bearingscrews H H. This bar G is held to the table I by screws or rivets m m. This table Z may be held at any given point by the force of the spring It acting upon the arms N and O. In Figs. 9 and 10 I show another modified form of a clamping-tool in which I use the form of spring R, Figs. 5 and 6, acting upon the arms N and O, and the pressure is released by pressing upon the connecting-arms r r. In Figs. 11 and 12 I show still another modification, the arms N and 0 being in two parts, made of sheet metal, and pivoted at one end, but held to the dial by the pressure of the slide P moved in the direction of arms N and 0.

It will readily be seen that in using my improvement the center and second bits will be firmly held in position for the purpose of resetting the same, and when necessary to reset the dial-feet or to change their position they will be held in the exact position desired by the bearing-screws H H, or by the spring R and slide 1?, until securely soldered to the dialplate. The same bar, G, and table I described in connection with Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 may be used with the clamping-arms shown in Figs. 9, 10, 11, and 12. It should also be noticed that the said bar G, bearing bosses k it, constitutes a slide in the same sense as does the slide G of Figs. 1, 4, one being held in place by pressure between the clamping-arms, while the otheris held by screw-pressure to one of said. arms.

I claim as my invention- 1. The dial repairing tool provided with arms N and O, handle 0, slide G, controllinguse with said arms, substantiallyas described, screw F, and bearing-screws H H, adapted to and for the purpose specified. hold the centerand second bits and the dial-feet 4. The combination of the arm 0, having in their proper position, substantially as dethe portion bent at substantially right angles scribed, and for the purpose specified. to its length and pointed at the end, and the 2. The combination, ina dial-repairing tool, arm N, having the circular form adapted to of arms N and O, slide G, controlling screw bear against a watch-dial, substantially as de- 20 F, bearing-screws H H, and the spring R, scribed, and for the purpose specified. substantially as described, and for the purpose 10 Specified I v OHARLESTESKE.

3. The combination, in a dial-repairing-tool, \Vitnesses: of the arms N O and a movable slide having CHARLES PEOK, bearing-screws at each end and adapted for PETER FLTIERNEY. 

